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Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Pitching Comparison

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	236	106	.690	2.75	498	438	35	156	45	11	3170.1	2766	1107	967	228	1086	49	1956	28	5	75	13036	4058	133	3.26	1.215	7.9	0.6	3.1	5.6
2	Cal McLish	18-38	1944	1964	92	92	.500	4.01	352	209	70	57	5	7	1609.0	1685	824	717	165	552	55	713	27	3	38	6938	2369	94	4.05	1.390	9.4	0.9	3.1	4.0

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	10	8	.556	2.71	22	22	0	7	3	0	146.0	132	51	44	8	34	2	94	3	0	4	594	169			1.137	8.1	0.5	2.1	5.8

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Value

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	53.6	28.6
2	Cal McLish	18-38	1944	1964	352	209	1609.0	7.6	-6.1

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Totals Against

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	4058	11750	2077	377	84	30	54	35.71	51	355	117	49	.235	.300	.340	.640	82	.105	.264	1205	3995	689	3880	4058
2	Cal McLish	18-38	1944	1964	352	209	1609.0	2369	6224	1227	247	46	81	39	67.50	1	146	93	32	.271	.331	.405	.736	107	.134	.283	844	2511	458	2264	2369

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	169	549											.240	.288					.277				169	169

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	282	64	57.8	43	15	35	8	57.9	35	60
2	Cal McLish	18-38	1944	1964	100	48	49.7	108	43	40	1	87.5	70	143

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964									0	0

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1	15.0	8.3	6.7
2	Cal McLish	18-38	1944	1964	352	209	1609.0	10.3	8.0	2.3

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0	15.8	5.7	10.1

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	498	438	3170.1		82
2	Cal McLish	18-38	1944	1964	352	209	1609.0		88

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	22	146.0

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Pitching

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Cal McLish	2	1	.667	3.95	6	4	1	1	0	0	27.1	25	15	12	5	8	0	16	1	0	0	117	1.207	8.2	1.6	2.6	5.3
2	Whitey Ford	2	2	.500	5.61	6	6	0	1	0	0	33.2	37	25	21	8	25	1	22	0	0	2	164	1.842	9.9	2.1	6.7	5.9

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Game Logs

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Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Whitey Ford	NYY	1961-06-02	CG, W	9.0	7	2	2	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	37	10	35	5	0	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	66			0.2	2.49			0.79
2	Cal McLish	CHW	1961-06-02	GS-3, L	3.0	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	4	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	2	38			-0.3	-2.50			0.98
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1959-08-25	GS-5, L	5.0	5	6	4	2	3	4	0	3	0	0	1	24	10	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	1	1	1	3	36			-0.3	-3.64			0.55
4	Cal McLish	CLE	1959-08-25	CG, W	9.0	12	3	3	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	39	12	38	10	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	1	2	54			0.2	1.26			0.79
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1958-08-19	GS-2	2.0	4	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	12	6	11	1	1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	3	38			-0.2	-2.10			0.73
6	Cal McLish	CLE	1958-08-19	GS-4	3.1	2	6	3	3	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	19	9	14	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	36			-0.4	-3.71			1.19
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1958-07-09	GS-8, L	7.1	11	7	7	0	2	6	1	5	0	0	0	38	17	32	5	4	0	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	6	27			-0.2	-3.65			1.50
8	Cal McLish	CLE	1958-07-09	GS-7, W	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	27	7	24	3	1	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	2	66			0.3	2.14			1.12
9	Whitey Ford	NYY	1956-07-30	GS-9, W	8.2	8	6	6	0	1	8	0	10	0	0	0	43	17	34	6	1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	2	46			0.0	-2.00			0.12
10	Cal McLish	CLE	1956-07-30	6-GF	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	14	3	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0				0.0	2.13	0	0	0.00
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Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Batter vs. Pitcher

Cal McLish (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Cal McLish (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1956	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
2	1958	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1959	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0
4	1961	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	8	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	0	0	0	0	0

Cal McLish (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Cal McLish (Pitcher) vs. Whitey Ford (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1956	1956-07-30	NYY	CLE	ahead 2-13	t6	-2-	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
2	1956	1956-07-30	NYY	CLE	ahead 3-13	t9	---	1		Single to 2B
3	1958	1958-07-09	NYY	CLE	ahead 0-1	b3	---	0		Groundout: 1B-P
4	1958	1958-07-09	NYY	CLE	tied 1-1	b5	-2-	1		Groundout: SS-1B
5	1958	1958-07-09	NYY	CLE	tied 1-1	b7	-2-	2		Groundout: 2B-1B
6	1959	1959-08-25	NYY	CLE	down 4-1	t2	1--	2		Single to CF; C. Boyer to 2B
7	1959	1959-08-25	NYY	CLE	down 4-1	t4	12-	1		Groundout: SS-1B; M. Throneberry to 3B; C. Boyer to 2B
8	1961	1961-06-02	NYY	CHW	down 2-1	t3	1--	0		Single to CF; B. Richardson to 3B

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Cal McLish (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Cal McLish (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1956	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	0	0	0	0	0
2	1957	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
3	1958	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0
4	1959	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	10	8	1	1	0	0	1	2	4	.125	.300	.250	.550	0	0	0	0	0

Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Cal McLish (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Whitey Ford (Pitcher) vs. Cal McLish (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1956	1956-07-30	CLE	NYY	down 13-2	b7	---	0		Double to LF
2	1956	1956-07-30	CLE	NYY	down 13-3	b8	123	1		Strikeout
3	1956	1956-07-30	CLE	NYY	down 13-5	b9	123	2		Walk; A. Smith Scores; P. Ward to 3B; R. Colavito to 2B
4	1957	1957-08-04 (1)	CLE	NYY	down 5-2	t7	-2-	2		Strikeout Looking
5	1958	1958-07-09	CLE	NYY	tied 0-0	t2	-2-	2		Flyball: RF
6	1958	1958-07-09	CLE	NYY	tied 1-1	t4	-2-	1		Groundout: 2B-1B; B. Hunter to 3B
7	1958	1958-07-09	CLE	NYY	tied 1-1	t6	1--	2		Walk; B. Hunter to 2B
8	1958	1958-08-19	CLE	NYY	ahead 0-3	t2	---	0		Lineout: 2B
9	1959	1959-08-25	CLE	NYY	ahead 1-4	b2	---	1		Strikeout
10	1959	1959-08-25	CLE	NYY	ahead 1-4	b4	12-	2		Strikeout

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Comparison

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Totals

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	1023	91	177	19	0	3	69	3	2	113	224	.173	.256	.200	.457	28	205	10	3	65	4	0
2	Cal McLish	18-38	1944	1964	368	565	490	47	73	9	2	3	30	1	0	45	196	.149	.220	.194	.414	15	95	8	0	27	2	0

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	57	49	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	14	.082	.196	.082	.278	4	1	0	1	0	0

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Value

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	3.5	3.5	3.7	-0.3	-100	5	-3	0
2	Cal McLish	18-38	1944	1964	368	565	0.4	0.4	0.5	-0.1	-56	1	-2	0

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Sabermetric

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	22	293	305	927	65	.218	157	-100	-10.4	.027	4.6	60.00	5
2	Cal McLish	18-38	1944	1964	368	565	14	118	126	454	28	.239	74	-59	-5.9	.045	2.5	100.00	1

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Whitey Ford	21-35	1950	1964	22	57	0	11	11	47		.114	7			.000	3.5		0

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Win Probability

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Whitey Ford	21-38	1950	1967	500	1208	-7.3	-9.3	0.7	-85.88		-96.34	0.84
2	Cal McLish	18-38	1944	1964	368	565	-5.7	-5.6	-0.8	-54.17		-57.47	0.89

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Head-to-Head Batting

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Totals

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Cal McLish	6	11	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.111	.273	.222	.495	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Whitey Ford	6	15	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.231	.286	.231	.516	3	0	0	1	0	0

Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Game Logs

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Cal McLish vs. Whitey Ford: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Whitey Ford	NYY	1961-06-02	*	9	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.60	0.090	1.62	0.15%	0.52			P
2	Cal McLish	CHW	1961-06-02	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
3	Whitey Ford	NYY	1959-08-25	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.012	0.01	0.00%	-0.10			P
4	Cal McLish	CLE	1959-08-25	*	9	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.38	-0.029	2.59	-0.12%	-0.67			P
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	1958-08-19	*	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Cal McLish	CLE	1958-08-19	*	4	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	-0.025	0.00	0.00%	-0.31			P
7	Whitey Ford	NYY	1958-07-09	*	8	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.128	5.56	-0.27%	-0.85			P
8	Cal McLish	CLE	1958-07-09	*	8	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.041	1.14	-0.02%	-0.40			P
9	Whitey Ford	NYY	1956-07-30	*	9	9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.41	0.009	1.71	0.02%	-0.47			P
10	Cal McLish	CLE	1956-07-30		4	7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0.001	0.11	0.00%	0.81			P
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